PROFILE | Rachel Hezel Rzayev

Areas of Practice:

Affordable Housing and Community Development Law, transactions utilizing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, New Markets Tax Credit, Historic Tax Credit, and other tax-driven incentives.

Education:

• Law School: State University of New York at Buffalo School of Law, J.D., cum laude (2007)
• Graduate: New York University School of Law, LL.M., Taxation (2008)
• Undergraduate: Wellesley College, B.A. (2003)

Awards and Recognitions:

• Professor Louis DelCotto Award for Taxation
• Co-Executive Student Editor, ABA Journal of Affordable Housing & Community Development
• Head Note and Comment Editor, Buffalo Law Review

Memberships:

• ABA Forum on Affordable Housing & Community Development
• New York State Bar Association
• Bar Association of Erie County
• Board of Directors, Homeless Alliance of Western New York
• Treasurer, Buffalo Wellesley Club

What I like to do outside of work:

I like walking through the woods, up mountains and past tall buildings.

Something else I think you should know about me:

I would like to visit all of the national parks in my lifetime.